[WikiEN-l] The userbox fad

[Fastfission]

Well, but unlike bumper stickers, you never go out to find support
from others based on them.

I think blocs are a bad idea especially if voting in any form is used
to make sense of "consensus". Though I don't know where exactly to
draw the line between that and asking a few other well-respected users
for their opinions at times. There *is* a line there, but it's a fuzzy
one.

FF

On 1/3/06, charles matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "Tony Sidaway" wrote
>
> >The scope for abuse  of these userboxes has been amply demostrated.
> They fulfil no function useful to the encyclopedia that isn't done
> equally well by simply stating one's affiliations on one's user page.
> They must die.
>
> They fulfil a function, or you wouldn't be bringing it up.  I am against all
> polarising moves on WP, since I think we need to gather in the centre ground
> to do the job. (Like not making centre versus center a big deal, for
> example.)
>
> But I don't think you're going to win on this one.  I would quite agree that
> they are no better than bumper stickers, in many cases.
>
> Charles
>
>
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